What's this?

Yeah...really....what is this? Troy has recently completed a small engines course in middle school. He decided to revive an old rider mower we had hanging around. Troy figured it needed a trailer to haul "things." Oops...don't forget about your back wheels, Troy. The old wheels had differential gearing that had a broken part. Being as Toro no longer makes parts for this mower, Troy says he'll concoct something that'll work. Ma, here, is certain he will figure something that'll work. He has done so all his life. Why change now?

BOYS WILL BE BOYS....

Spring has sprung....with it came the sand, the mud, the warm sun...Maybe winter should have stayed longer. Yesterday, the thermometer reached a record high...81 degrees. The kids romped outside all day. I came home from the store and discovered Nathan and Aaron frolicking on the sandpile. It was a boys life all right. Two baths later...they were recognizable.

Saturday Fun

Saturdays are busy days. The question is....which friend should I play with today? Inevitably, Mom or Dad wears the taxi driver hat for the day. Their time is filled with hard playing, dolls and tea parties.

Katie wanted a picture taken of herself. She must feel like she is always jammed in a picture with someone. Apparently, I wasn't quick enough with the camera when she had requested I take her picture...her fuse had blown...and the tears appeared.

More snow came this last weekend. Truck loads of snow, so to speak....The kids had a grand time in it for a few days. Now they are begging for Spring. Can you believe that? They're never satisfied. So here they are being house plants and reading good ol' Bill Peets How Droofus the Dragon lost his head.....for crying out loud kids. We haven't seen this much snow since 1999 and I don't think the majority of you can remember that far back. Get out there and PLAY in it.

Bryan and Kristine sledding.

I'm standing at the end of our driveway looking across the road. The snow was still coming down.

I turned around and took this pic from the same postion as the one above. The house looks all cosy buried in the snow.